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Leading Progress: The Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada 1920–2020 by Jason Russell
RRP: $34.22$28.11One hundred years of progress for Canadians. One hundred years of results for Canadian workers. On February 6, 1920, a small group of public service employees met for the first time to form a professional association. A century later, the Professional... -
The Government of British Trade Unions: A Study of Apathy and the Democratic Process in the Transport and General Workers Union by Joseph Goldstein
$191.44Originally published in 1952, The Government of British Trade Unions analyses the government, in theory and in practice, of one of Britain’s most important labour organizations – The Transport and General Works Union in the first half of the 20th Century... -
Trade Unions by Kevin Hawkins
$160.55Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions was written at a time when there was a widespread belief that Britain’s trade unions were undemocratic, obstructive and strike-prone. This book argues that throughout their history, British trade unions have... -
Trade Unions and the State by W. Milne-Bailey
$191.44Originally published in 1934, Trade Unions and the State is a study of political institutions. This is a lucid account of the diverse views that have been held about the nature, attributes, functions and prerogatives of the State. The book analyses the... -
Save Our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress by Steve Early
RRP: $102.92$83.05Save Our Unions: Dispatches From A Movement in Distress brings together recent essays and reporting by labor journalist Steve Early. The author illuminates the challenges facing U.S. workers, whether they're trying to democratize their union, win a... -
Precarious Employment: Causes, Consequences and Remedies by Stephanie Procyk
RRP: $37.74$30.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781552669822Author Stephanie ProcykFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Fernwood PublishingPublisher Fernwood PublishingWeight(grams) 299g -
Casino Women: Courage in Unexpected Places by Susan Chandler
RRP: $39.43$34.32Casino Women is a pioneering look at the female face of corporate gaming. Based on extended interviews with maids, cocktail waitresses, cooks, laundry workers, dealers, pit bosses, managers, and vice presidents, the book describes in compelling detail a... -
Austerity and the Labor Movement by Michael Schiavone
RRP: $123.96$109.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438462936Author Michael SchiavoneFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York Press -
Economic Crisis, Trade Unions and the State by Otto Jacobi
$191.44Originally published in 1986, this book analyses the impact of the changing economic and political climate on trade unions in Europe. The first part of the book deals with general issues, and the succeeding parts look at developments in the UK, Italy and... -
Economic Expansion and Structural Change: A Trade Union Manifesto by T. L. Johnston
$151.98Originally published in 1963, The Landsorganisationen I Sverige (LO – Swedish Confederation of Trades Unions), enjoys an international reputation as a trade union movement with progressive ideas on wage policy and collective bargaining. The authors of... -
Trade Unions and the Law by R. W. Rideout
$160.55Originally published in 1973, this book was designed as a concise and usable guide to those aspects of the law which particularly affect trade union members and officials. It deals with the internal and external affairs of trade unions and the law... -
Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism by Julieta Haidar
$181.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802205121Author Julieta HaidarFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing LtdPublisher Edward Elgar Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 156g -
The Labor of Development: Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, India by Patrick Heller
RRP: $65.18$57.07The state of Kerala in southern India is notable for the ways in which lower-class mobilization and state intervention have combined to create one of the most successful cases of social and redistributive development in the Third World. In contrast to... -
Reimagining the Governance of Work and Employment by Dionne Pohler
RRP: $48.01$41.41Are unions still relevant in digitized workplaces? Could basic income be the solution to both poverty and technology-driven job loss? What are the benefits and drawbacks of a guaranteed jobs policy? Are multinational firms better regulators of global... -
Machines Against Measures by Irene Sotiropoulou
RRP: $30.86$27.34Are we doomed because of the new digital technologies used in workspaces? Can we avoid measuring in our work? Or are we trapped in a metrification dystopia? Can we create workspaces that can produce what we prefer in order to use our human effort in ways... -
Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions by Anthony Carew
$160.55Originally published in 1976, Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions is a detailed and practical examination of the organisational structure and internal control of trade unions in 8 Western European countries. It provides an introduction to... -
Comrades and Brothers: Communism and Trade Unions in Europe by Michael Waller
$160.55Originally published in 1991, this book opens with a theoretical and historical section and analyses the affairs of both the communist party and the trade unions of specific European countries. The first part of the book deals with cases of communist... -
Trade Unions and the Law by Horatio Vester
$151.98Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and... -
Parties, Trade Unions and Society in East-Central Europe by Michael Waller
$160.55Originally published in 1994, this volume analyses the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Political parties had high visibility in the changes that took place in Eastern... -
The Bosses' Union: How Employers Organized to Fight Labor before the New Deal by Vilja Hulden
RRP: $44.58$38.58At the opening of the twentieth century, labor strife repeatedly racked the nation. Union organization and collective bargaining briefly looked like a promising avenue to stability. But both employers and many middle-class observers remained wary of... -
Gender and Japanese Management by Kimiko Kimoto
$124.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781876843199Author Kimiko KimotoFormat HardbackPage Count 273Imprint Trans Pacific PressPublisher Trans Pacific Press -
A Contest of Ideas: Capital, Politics and Labor by Nelson Lichtenstein
$195.56For more than thirty years Nelson Lichtenstein has deployed his scholarship--on labor, politics, and social thought--to chart the history and prospects of a progressive America. A Contest of Ideas collects and updates many of Lichtenstein's most... -
A Modern Guide To Labour and the Platform Economy by Jan Drahokoupil
RRP: $75.39$67.77Providing an insightful analysis of the key issues and significant trends relating to labour within the platform economy, this Modern Guide considers the existing comparative evidence covering all world regions. It also provides an in-depth look at... -
Workers of All Colors Unite: Race and the Origins of American Socialism by Lorenzo Costaguta
RRP: $41.15$35.75As the United States transformed into an industrial superpower, American socialists faced the vexing question of how to approach race. Lorenzo Costaguta balances intellectual and institutional history to illuminate the clash between two major points of... -
White Collar Workers: Trade Unions and Class by Peter Armstrong
$160.55Originally published in 1986, the 1970s and 80s saw the emergence of the 'the new working class' or 'new middle class'. This book is an authoritative study of the 'white collar workers' relationship with their unions and analysis of their newly... -
Collective Bargaining by Clive Jenkins
$151.98Originally published in 1977, this book explains the complexity of collective bargaining and discusses the nature of trade unionism and trade unions, emphasising the collectivity aspect. It discusses a union's work at local and national levels, when... -
Clean Air and Good Jobs: U.S. Labor and the Struggle for Climate Justice by Todd E. Vachon
RRP: $61.75$54.17The labor-climate movement in the U.S. laid the groundwork for the Green New Deal by building a base within labor for supporting climate protection as a vehicle for good jobs. But as we confront the climate crisis and seek environmental justice, a "jobs... -
Change in Trade Unions: The Development of UK Unions Since the 1960s by R. Undy
$191.44Originally published in 1981, this book explains the factors which precipitated and effected changes in the major dimensions of union activity in Britain since 1960. The authors use a series of comparative case studies to examine change in the... -
History General Federation Trade Unions, 1899-1980 by Alice Prochaska
$143.40When this book was originally published in 1982 the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) was an organisation which catered for some 40 unions with an aggregate membership of 490,000. The GFTU in the late 20th Century was a very different... -
Trade Unions and Politics in the 1980s: The 1984 Act and Political Funds by Derek Fatchett
$151.98Originally published in 1987, this book traces the historical and sociological dimensions of the Trade Union movement and analyses the nature of the trade unions’ involvement in the UK Labour Party during the 1970s and 80s. It discusses the review... -
Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor Radicalism in Texas by Thomas Alter
RRP: $41.15$35.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780252086366Author Thomas AlterFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint University of Illinois PressPublisher University of Illinois PressWeight(grams) 156g -
The Transformation of American Industrial Relations by Thomas A. Kochan
RRP: $68.61$59.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875463209Author Thomas A. KochanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint ILR PressPublisher Cornell University PressWeight(grams) 28g -
Becoming Transnational Youth Workers: Independent Mexican Teenage Migrants and Pathways of Survival and Social Mobility by Isabel Martinez
RRP: $229.85$199.76Becoming Transnational Youth Workers contests mainstream notions of adolescence with its study of a previously under-documented cross-section of Mexican immigrant youth. Preceding the latest wave of Central American children and teenagers now fleeing... -
Children and AIDS: Sub-Saharan Africa by Dr. Margaret Lombe
RRP: $231.57$201.17The disproportional loss of individuals to HIV/AIDS in their most productive years raises concerns over the welfare of surviving members of affected families and communities. One consequence of the rapid increase in adult mortality is the rise in the... -
Upon the Altar of Work: Child Labor and the Rise of a New American Sectionalism by Betsy Wood
RRP: $41.15$23.69Rooted in the crisis over slavery, disagreements about child labor broke down along sectional lines between the North and South. For decades after emancipation, the child labor issue shaped how Northerners and Southerners defined fundamental concepts of... -
Purple Power: The History and Global Impact of SEIU by Luís LM Aguiar
RRP: $41.15$35.75Chartered in 1921, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a worldwide organization that represents more than two million workers in occupations from healthcare and government service to custodians and taxi drivers. Women form more than half... -
The Marketisation of Welfare-To-Work in Ireland: Governing Activation at the Street-Level by Michael McGann
RRP: $77.19$59.74EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence This book assesses how the practice of contracting-out public employment services via competitive tendering and Payment-by-Results is transforming welfare-to-work in Ireland. It offers... -
Trade Unions in the Developed Economies by E. Owen Smith
$160.55Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions in the Developed Economies is a collection of studies on the growth, structure and policies of trade unions in 7 developed economies. The early growth of trade unions has been summarised so that a post-Second... -
Trade Unions by Allan Flanders
$160.55Originally published in 1952, Trade Unions quickly became a classic and went through 7 editions. It is a brief yet comprehensive guide to the complex structure and administration of British Trade Unions, which deals concisely and lucidly with every... -
Shifting Categories of Work: Unsettling the Ways We Think about Jobs, Labor, and Activities by Bénédicte Zimmermann
RRP: $214.41$185.01Examines the ongoing process of how labor and work are understood in the contemporary marketplace Offers important sociological, political, and economic analysis of labor, management, organization, and work as a social phenomena Contributions from key...